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Table 3 Participant Characteristics

From: Design, baseline characteristics, and retention of African American light smokers into a randomized trial involving biological data

 

Summary statistics

Sample size (n)

Demographic Variables

  

   Age, mean [SD] yr

46.5 (11.3)

540

   Women, n (%)

357 (66.1)

540

   Married or living with partner, n (%)

166 (30.8)

539

   Monthly family income < $1800, n (%)

327 (60.7)

539

   Education ≥ High school, n (%)

454 (84.2)

539

   Weight, mean [SD]

195.5 (52.9)

539

   BMI, mean [SD]

31.1 (7.9)

539

Psychosocial Variables

  

   Depression (CESD-10), mean [SD]

7.7 (5.2)

539

   Stress (PSS-4), mean [SD]

5.2 (3.2)

539

Tobacco Related Variables

  

   Serum cotinine in ng/ml., mean [SD]

275.8 (155.8)

536

   Exhaled carbon monoxide in p.p.m., mean [SD]

16.4 (10.0)

411

   Cigarettes per day, mean [SD]

8.0 (2.5)

540

   Time to first cigarette, ≤30 minutes, n (%)

390 (72.2)

540

   FTND, mean [SD]

3.2 (1.7)

540

   Smoke menthol cigarettes, n (%)

452 (83.7)

540

   Number of previous 24 hour quit attempts in the past year, mean [SD]

3.7 (7.7)

540

   Use of pharmacotherapy during the most recent quit attempt, n (%)

133 (24.2)

511

   Age of first cigarette, mean [SD] yr

17.6 (5.9)

538

   Age started smoking regularly, mean [SD]

21.1 (7.1)

538

   Motivation to quit, mean [SD]

9.7 (0.8)

540

   Confidence to quit, mean [SD]

7.9 (2.4)

540

   Smoke-free household, n (%)

132 (24.4)

540